huh i hadn't before consciously drawn parallels between invading nations defacing statues of the previous gods and revered figures, and of people today pulling down statues for being problematic
Was reading this article on controversy over this bas-relief, and imagining archeologists 1000 in the future would be super bummed that we got rid of it
sure like, i get it, people have motivations - sometimes personal - when they destroy art, but if we take a long view then the view starts to become "damnit i wish we still had that piece of history"